Faucet.



W. J. SULLIVAN. FAUGET. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 1909.

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Patented Mar. 15, 19M.

"UNITED wim PATENT oriaicn.

\VILLIAM J. SULLIVAN, OF NEW YORK. N.

Patented Mar. 15, 1910.

FAUCET.

951 ,855. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 28. 1809. Serial No. 474.864.

To It i /m'm. 'it may concern.

Be it known that. l, \VJLLLUL J. Sunmvax, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resulent at Brooklyn. New fork, in the county of Kings andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements inlZ-iurets, ot \\llltll the following is as. spmritication.

My invention relates to faucets.

It relates particulariy to a newand imprihed liquid faucet in which noS1' )llllg$ are employed, and the usual wear thereon 'and onscrew-threads is eliminated. I

The object of my invention is to providea iaucet which shall be. easilyand economically constructed, contain a minimum number of parts subject.to wear, breakage 0. dc terioration, which shall be easily taken topieces should repairs be necessary, and shall. l

contain no parts likely to easily get out of order.

To carry out my invention, I provide a faucet in which the pressure ofthe water automatically keeps" the cock closed, and which is operated bya gentle downward pressure transmitted to a ball valve.

In the drawing: Figure 1. shows a perspective view of my improvedfaucet, and Fig. 2, a lon itudinal section of the same.

Re erring to the drawings: -l designates the body of the faucet, 2 theinlet and 3, the outlet openings. Between the inlet 2 and the outlet 3is fashioned the circular valve seat 4, normally kept closed by the ballvalve 5.

6 is a spindle havin a curved lower surface resting upon the all 5, andcontrolled at its upper e d by the blank washer 7. Against the washerrests the vertically movable rod 8, flanged at its base, and held inposition, together with the washer 7, by the screw-threauled adjustablecap 8. The upper portion of the faucet is shown with an integral, thread9, into which in the figure are shown, screwed, the guide washers 10 and11 permitting easy vertical movement of the spindle (3. At the base ofthe faucet is the screw plug 12-, hollowed'at 13 to form a lower seatfor the ball 5, and controlling, in, combination with the rod 8, theamount of vertical play of the ball 5, and consetpiently the amount ofwater passing through the passage t to the outlet 3.

The operation of my device is easily understood from the drawing (Fig.2). Assume the faucet to be attached to the water main, the pressure ofthe water forces the ball a up and into its seat 4, in the positionshown by the full lines, in Fig. 2.. The ball en- A tirely fills thecircular valve-seat. 5, and.no water can pass. If new rod 8 be pressed,it. will act, through washer 7, n onspindle t) andt'orce the ball 5downfofi its seat 4., the hollow space in the scrcw=plug l2 allowing theball to descend intothe. position indicated by thedotted lines. \Vaterwill then pass as long as pressure is kept on the spindle (5. As soon asthe pressure on'8 is relieved, the water will force the ball 5 againback into its seat 4, and the outflow.

of water will cease. To take the faucet apart for cleaning or repair, itis only necessary to unscrew the screw-plug 12, when the ball 5 and thespindle 6 will drop down through the opening left by the screw-plug.tcmoving the screw-cap 8 gives access to the washer 7 and theguide-screws 10 and 11. I have shown the spindle 6 as hollow, and thatis my preferred form, since it otters a lighter construction, but it isevident that my invention is independent of whether it be hollow orsolid, or within practical limits, of its size. Although the pressure ofthe water upon the ball 5 will cause the spindle (5 to hold the washer 7in an upwardly curved position, yet I prefer to make the washer ofelastic, springy material, so thatit may naturally take the positionshown in Fig. 2. i

Fig. 2 shows a faucet of ordinary construction adapted to receive thepartsthat characterize my invention. But it is evident that thescrew-guides 10 and 11 could be dispensed with, and the upper part ofthe faucet be made solid with the exception of a hole for the passage ofthe spindle 6.

Having thus fully described and illustrated my invention, what I claimis: i

In. a faucet, an inlet and an outlet opening, a ball valve locatedbetween said openings, held normally closed by the pressure of thewater, an adjustable hollow seat below the valve fashioned to' receivethe ball Signed at New York, in the county of when the valve-is opened,a s ring wa'sher New York, and State of New York this 10 sialaling thehfgucet cap, a fho low 'ipin'dle' 21st day of January A. D. 1909.

s apedatt e ottomtocon ormtot ebontour of the ball-valve andtransmitting mo- SULLI tion from the washer to the ba1l-va1v'e,-inWitnesses:

combination with guide screws for the WALBERT STETSON,

- spindle substantially as set forth. JAMES T. SULLIVAN.

